Vaisala viewLinc-4.1-M211518 User Manual

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Appendix: FAQs & Troubleshooting

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The web server can run in either secure, none-secure or

both. The default ports of 80 for none –secure and 443 for

secure will be applied if they are available. If not, you will be

prompted for alternative port numbers.

Setting up the SSL port on an existing installation.

The

viewLinc configuration file contains the port numbers. The file

is located in: <datadirectory>\config\viewlinc.cfg
The following section contains the viewLinc ports

[web]
port=80
https_port=443

Setting port to 0 will disable none-secure access. Setting

https_port to 0 will disable secure access. Set the ports as

desired. The defaults of 80 and 443 are preferred. Restart

the viewLinc service.
Setting up the SSL security keys.

viewLinc is delivered

with some default security keys. The delivered keys are for

testing and initial validation only, they are not to be used on a

live system. The keys must be replaced with either a self-

signed key, or a key signed by a Certificate Authority(CA).

The examples here use the Open source tool OpenSSL to

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